It's been a minute, fellow medievalists and early-modernists, hasn't it? But you can rest assured that the MEMSLib team have been working hard behind the scenes, adjusting to the new (no-longer-new) hybrid norm, which has seen us into another academic year. We've had some time to take stock, to process, and to think about how MEMSLib will continue to benefit scholars and researchers, be they remote or in-person. Stay tuned for all our updates and, as always, we'd love to hear how MEMSLib can help you as well! Find out how to contact us at the bottom of this newsletter and, in the meantime, read on to find out just what we've been up to. |
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Well, we're now a blended (see what we did there?) team of old and new MEMSLib admins! Last month, we were sad to say goodbye to Lucy, who has been a brilliant admin and caretaker of MEMSLib, and we wish her all the very best with her brilliant doctoral study. |
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Replacing Lucy will be Anna, who you might remember from the MEMSLib founding team. Having spent some time working in Oxford, Anna has returned to the University of Kent to begin a PhD, with a new-and-improved bio. In fact, in a seamless transition out of the third person, it's Anna who is writing this - and it's great to be back. |
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Hello, Hybrid - some tips for teaching |
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To see you to the end of this Autumn term, we've added a new post to our blog, written by MEMS' own Dr David Rundle. David shares his advice for hybrid teaching, with all its unique benefits and possible pitfalls - follow the button below to discover how to turn these new forms of learning to your advantage. | | |
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The post also initiated some really interesting discussions surrounding students' experiences of hybrid learning over on our Twitter - make sure you're following @MEMSlibUKC to join in the conversation. |
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We're always updating our resource pages with the latest open-access databases, sites, and projects. Here are just a couple of our most recent additions - if you'd like to add your own resource, let us know about it! |
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New to Early Medieval Studies: Fontes Anglo-Saxonici |
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New to Early Modern History: Casebooks Project |
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| | Fontes Anglo-Saxonici offers a database containing over 1100 texts from early medieval England, with 500+ in Old English, and 600+ in Latin. Authors range from Abbo to Wulfstan, and can be searched by a key word or passage for easy cross-textual comparison. | | |
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| | The University of Cambridge's Casebooks Project offers a digital archive of the medical records produced by two Elizabethan astrologers, Elizabethan astrologers Simon Forman (1552-1611) and Richard Napier (1559-1634), with close to 80,000 records in total. It also contains a critical edition of Forman’s guide to astrological medicine. | | |
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Got a conference or event we should know about? |
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We've just updated our Medieval and Early Modern noticeboards, accessible via the MEMSLib forum. They're the place to be if you've got an upcoming CfP, talk, or event which you'd like to share - grab a virtual post-it note and pin, and tell us what's coming up. Make sure you check out the posts we've been adding as well. | | |
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From the beginning, we wanted to design MEMSLib with its researchers in mind. If you have any suggestions or additions which you'd like to see to the site, we'd love to hear from you. | | |
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